An interpretation of the human perspective

Things bigger than us move slowly and noticeably while small things can be gone in the blink of an eye.

P.S. I missed writing on this blog. I feel like I'm in a different environment when I'm writing here. I've written different things here.

P.S.S. I'm into photography now. I like it.

P.S.S.S. Perhaps this is my personal journal to the world. - Now I'm going to go wander on the internet. Or am I wondering while I'm on it? I am a wonderer.

Blogs

A blog is a captured story in progress.

Although they may not always tell truth, they tell times.

Michael Phelps, Pot, & DMT

Stumbling across an article an article about on Michael Phelps, the 8 Gold Medal winner of the 2008 Olympics, I found this poem.

"God is perfect.

Man is not.

Man made whisky.

God made pot."

This poem is a quote from Superficial Gallery who said it's a hippy poem. What does pot have to do with hippies?
http://www.superficialgallery.com/michael-phelps-smokes-pot-may-make-him-less-bouyant/2740

I just thought this was funny and shows how hypocritical man is sometimes... AHAHAHAHAHA

Also, did you know DMT is known in US, Canada and other countries as an illegal drug (Schedule 1) and it's a naturally occurring substance in the human body? Commonly found in the Pineal gland (brain)? Well, if you think just because someone makes a law you should follow it, think again, or rather, see how thinking works without your pineal gland. I don't know what it does, but I bet you it's important since it's in your brain.

About Happiness in the World - A comment

This is an extended comment I made on Donald Trumps blog post about "The Worlds Happiest Nations"

I'd say Mr. Inglehart is right [about the correlation between happiness and peace]. Who's happy about fighting except professional fighters? And even those professional fighters are only happy when they're winning, but in modern times they don't even have to worry about death so much. It's not like the sword fights of old.

Regarding the correlations [of peace between democracies] - I'm not a history or political major so I can only speak for recent years through memory, but it seems to me like governments usually don't want to fight each other, considering themselves friend by default (enemy of my enemy is my friend, considering other forms of government their enemies)... I think there's more to the correlation of happiness with democracies though... People actually feel more safe from their government because they have a strong hand in its actions (at least, they're supposed to). Even at its worst when the people are convinced they've played a major part in their own directions, they can say "at least I'm fighting for something I believe in."

Extension:
(I thought this may be a bit too political of an extension to include in the comment on his blog)
People need to realize something about democracies which makes them fragile though. The biggest reason they're better than a communist government is because a democracy realizes that a single person or small group of people can easily become corrupt. When corrupt they will over look the common good. A democracy needs to be stirred, like any good soup, it will burn if not stirred. The richest and most humble flavors need to be spread throughout, so that every bite will be just right. Not too powerful, not too weak. A democracy is a Samaritans government when it's working the way it's supposed to.

By the way, the Trump Blog has some very good reads to it. I suggest subscribing to it if you want to hear one of the most powerful mens opinions in the world, he supposedly posts the blogs himself. I find he's surprisingly humble and expectedly intelligent.

Relaxing Lions

I think it takes a little ignorance to really relax sometimes... So I suppose a small dose of it every now and then is probably healthy.

Image Credit: Tambako

Lions don't relax in fields because it hurts ;)

As long as we don't get gluttonous with relaxation, we'll be alright... It's amazing how quickly and easily anything can be over done (referred to as gluttony), I'm pretty sure a major key to controlling gluttony is realizing that just as easily as a habit has started is just easy as it can be put to rest. We don't think very much about habits when we start them, so why should we think so much about stopping them? That's so tiring that it's boring. Just don't think about it, quit it, and relax. Take a break.

Making Up WOrds

Comment I made on:
Is you is or is you aint good with words?

I've tried making things up, but it's harder than I had thought!

1st thing: It has to be something original, of course - that's the hard part and the only reason it's hard is because of the second part.

Sure, I could say WAZOOJOWGA is a word (this one is of excitement), but if it's too complicated it's not memorable enough to stick, which is number three, memorability. Now that I've skipped a number lets get to number 2:

2nd thing: It has to make sense by looking or hearing it... Which makes number 1 harder, because you have to make up something that no one has heard before, yet still makes sense... and the nature of language has a way of naturally making up words that make sense on its own course of evolution: slang. Slang eventually becomes part of dictionaries and is eventually forgotten of as slang! lol... Take for example anyone from anywhere, they call the place they live something that sounds little like what it was originally pronounced... In New Orleans they call it "Norlans" and people in the US call Maryland "mare-uh-lind" all together... Originally I bet 5 cents it was likely pronounced "Mary-Land" from the Land of Mary... And I'm not a betting person.

I made up FANTABULOUS once! At least I think I maid it up, I had never heard anyone use it before... I just took a few words which basically had the same meaning (understandability), didn't really mean anything different (adding a cuteness factor), and memorable (sounds gaudy/cool/big), but I hadn't yet learned (though now I have from this example) that practicality (number 4) was very important... Which even though it's cute and cool, can't stand against practicality for very long, so it gets picked up, but trickles away leaving little trace...

Addded: Context Learning

I've also found the best way to introduce a word is nonchalantly, along the way, inconspicuously, etc... I've never really thought that much about why it works out best to introduce it that way, but I think it's because the meaning of the word can be assumed by its context... which is how we learn many words the context, whereas force-feeding ourselves doesn't seem to have as much of an impact... Look at the great idea, but universal language for example... I think we learn best through context learning because that's how we learn from the start... Think of a baby seeing a parent pointing at a star and saying star... Well the context would say since all of the actions were in one moment, that those actions may be related. In order to survive and progress, we must learn and adhere to this method of context learning, so things that may be learned in this 1st priority learning style have a higher chance of being learned, since this method of learning is likely most adept.

Another comment (though unrelated to this one, but) on the same site of the blogger, Carolyn, was posted on Why Aren't You Writing?

Qassia Beta Experience: Just Like Wikipedia

Edited
Is Qassia like wikipedia? No, Qassia is NOT like wikipedia. Although it seems most of the users are used to wikipedia or article entry style websites, Qassia has something very promising to offer other websites don't. Something personal.

I understand they're still in beta, so I want to share some tips! They should have a more defined section (not more complicated, but with more examples of acceptable content so users know what kind of things they should approve and for what reasons. Keep the general, add a link to "more."

Also, I'm sure that a lot of users are just clicking through articles to approve them and to a small degree I can understand why... Because they get credits and there's rarely a "tid-bit" of information submitted on that site, so you have to read sometimes over 500 words to read, yet you get the same amount of credits for grading a 200 word submission as a 500 word submission. There should be a (lenient) counter that makes a person stay on the page they're grading a certain amount of time to grade the article. The length of that counter should depend on how many words are in the article, but should be lenient, because the people who read fast shouldn't be scorned and the people who want to cheat will find a way anyway, there will be other ways to find people who are hacking at the system without hurting the people who are not hacking up the system. Putting a short time counter on the page will just encourage people to actually read what they're reviewing, they'll figure "well i'm just sitting here waiting for it, i might as well read it."

Tags: Qassia

I Posted over 343 Articles in One Year!

179 on Funny Guy (Chexed.com)
73 on This blog (That Which is Written)
57 on Computer Graphics and Web Design
34 on the Cool Sites blog

Total: 343!

I have a few more blogs than that too and if you consider posting art a type of blogging, the total is very likely over 400!

I feel accomplished.

I would also like to add that probably 90% of that was done in about 2/3 or 3/5 of a year.

Writing Off Topic

In response to this...

So anyway, I was on this buss right, and in the dream, I leaped from it and jumped on top of a train station, from there… I began flying… Then I woke up…

Oh sorry… That whole writing “off topic” thing probably doesn’t apply for comments does it?

I do that too though… I actually started MANY blogs which are hard to keep track of and updated so I wouldn’t be writing off topic. Now my topics are becoming more general so it’s kind of hard to actually write off topic… So I can write more on one blog and stop spreading my brain juice in places on the internet that don’t need it, even though the internet would probably stop working without my brain juice, because it’s just so sweet. T’would be as a bee hive without honey! T’would be most disastrous! That’s why I save my boogers. Not for me, but for the world!

A Note I Wrote

A note I wrote to someone who reviews artists...

I'm an artist, but you wont find typical art on my site. I consider free speech an art too, so even though seemingly dry in taste, I take great effort in creating such works that make a reader feel as though they're grinding their mind on sandpaper. I do however create traditional works of art you can find when you explore my site, Chexed.com for even a short while. I do hope you will enjoy!

Backward Rotating Part Of Milky Way

My response to this:
Blog Catalog Popular Science Group Topic (Which involces a Yahoo News Story)

" It may also be possible that it isn't rotating at all, it's just sitting still and everything else is just moving around it.

From standing on the shore of a river, it looks like the river is moving, but if you have lived your whole life going down a river, it would seem as if the shore is moving.

I'm not saying that's what it is, just a possibility. "

Interesting Spam

Within the past week I stumbled across a blog that looked like noone had touched for quite some time and it had some unlreated spam on it. Apparently this spam (who's phone numbers I've changed to ZERO's) is trying to attack the psyche of readers. I don't think I've seen an attempt at spamming quite like this.

"vuuk819grp said...

While you read this, YOU start to BECOME aware of your surroundings, CERTIAN things that you were not aware of such as the temperature of the room, and sounds may make YOU realize you WANT a real college degree.

Call this number now, (000) 000-0000

Get an unexplained feeling of joy, Make it last longer by getting your COLLEGE DEGREE. Just as sure as the sun is coming up tomorrow, these College Degree's come complete with transcripts, and are VERIFIABLE.

You know THAT Corporate America takes advantage of loopholes in the system. ITS now YOUR turn to take advantage of this specific opportunity, Take a second, Get a BETTER FEELING of joy and a better future BY CALLING this number 24 hours a day.
(000) 000-0000"

Psychologically preying spam seems even more immoral than normal spam. Who thought it could get any worse? lol...

Always the Same Recent Stumblers

Every time I log into stumble upon, it's ALWAYS the same people who've stumbled on the front page. And I know for a fact that other people have stumbled since those people on the front page. Why is it always the same people?

These aren't the most recent stumblers, they're favorites or something, which is fine if stumble upon wants to have favorites, but don't mislead people into thinking that those are the most recent stumblers.

What is myspace.com/widgets/download.php?

Someone, or somebodies visits my Chexed.com plenty often from "http://cp.myspace.com/widgets/download.php"

Apparently it has something to do with a SpringWidget application that I use. Perhaps MySpace tracks SpringWidget user activity. Well, they track everything though, so that's no surprise... You can tell that by the URL changing they do, and blocking of URLs.

Two of my favorite blogs that aren't mine

I have MILLIONS of blogs, ok, well like 3-10 and they're my MOST favorite. But I like other peoples blogs too. For instance, two that I frequent regularly are Swollen Pickles and Save Your Generation (Hilary The Guy).

They're both funny. Save your generation is satirical funny and hateful (just joking... mostly), while Swollen Pickles is more of a different type of funny, which I also enjoy... And you can also find some tips for blogging and making some cold hard digital cash that translates into real money for your bank.

If you own either of these sites, send me a freaking picture for your site so I can post it here! Send it to the following:

CHEXED [ AT ] CHEXED [ DIZOT ] COM

The dizot is gangster term for "dot."

666 Blog Reactions Six Hundred and Sixty Six

(edit: I changed the site layout a bit for your future ease of navigation!)

It's not very often that I login to Technorati.com, since practically no one ever visits my sites from there and there's no social stuff to really keep me there. On occasion, I do check the fire though... And today when I checked there were 666 blog reactions to my Chexed.com. This blog will probably put it up to 667, so I saved the image to show you!


In case it's still active, or you would just like to check out Chexed.com on technorati, you can.

I'm scared... Hehehe... Just kidding... I pray.

The Police Rumbler Waking You Up

If you're like me and occasionally nap while driving (just joking) or play the radio loud, sometimes you may notice you don't hear things outside of your car as well. This can also happen while using cell phones and other noisy devices too, like children, friends, and family.

I first heard about it on WBALTV (Website: http://www.wbaltv.com/), but couldn't find a direct link to the story, so I did a little research and found the video brought before you!

What it does: It makes an annoying noise like normal sirens, except this one adds a rumble, so even if someone playing their music while driving or dancing across the street, they'll still feel the rumble part of the siren.

Possibly coming to your state soon! If not, then probably already there! :)

Diversify Your Blogging

Have you ever had something you want to blog about but you don't really want it on your current blog, but then at the same time you don't want to let the idea go to waste?

Start another blog on another service! That's what I did. That's a sign-up link to where I blog a little, share some photos and more. A little but detailed flash intro is there to explain the services good.

I have SO many blogs! If anyone ever wants to trade links, just send me a message and I'll see what I can do!

You get paid by number of profile views and by referring new members (and it doesn't effect their pay percentage either). Have fun blogging! :)

While trying to sign up on Shutterstock.com

While I was signing up on shutterstock.com, they require you send them a copy of your government issued ID OR enter in your credit card information... I don't feel like going through the (quite a bit of) trouble to hook up my scanner, so I tried the credit card verification process...

It didn't work. I got this message:

"Sorry, address verification failed. Please try again. The verification response was: AVS was currently unavailable at the time the transaction was processed. Retry transaction"

I researched the issue, and ALL I found that was relevant was by seaching "AVS was currently unavailable at the time the transaction was processed." That search yielded this singile result https://www.securenet.com/terminal/help/What_is_AVS_Check_1.htm... Which makes this subject one of the least helpful subjects to research. With something such an issue as this, I find it surprising that I can find more information on the colors of defecation from penguins.

Due to lack of information for consumers on consumer faced problems, I'm going to have to discredit the SecureNet.com system for now for me personally, because SecureNet.com seems to provide the Address Verification System (AVS) solution for Shutterstock.com.

I've come to this decision by facing the reality that it is just a smack in the face, silent broken wind that stinks, and a funny thought that providing the awareness for a problem as the problem creator or mediator while offering no solution or direction from which to go hither.

How do you like that legal talk with a hint of Ole' English at the end?

I'm not a legal expert, I just read a lot and choose to exercise my right to free speech.

Lastly, I'd like to add that ShutterStock may want to look into getting this problem fixed. I "retried" many times with no avail. That error message could be MUCH more helpful by adding only ONE word. Add this word in bold... "Please try again momentarily," "Please try again later," or "in a few minutes," or a "few hours."

Give some kind of HINT as to when to try again. By the way it's currently written, it is suggestive to try again immediately, in my opinion from my onion. However, when trying again immediately multiple times, and after a few minutes, NO WORKIE.

BIG TIME ANGRY FACE!


Super Duper Angry Mean Face

Take that!

Constructive Tips to Cure Boredom

If you're ever looking for something constructive to do with your boredom, there's a lot you can probably do to contribute to humanity on the internet...

1 For example, you can promote a cause you believe in (eg. one.org, breast cancer awareness, world hunger, world peace) and post links to the sites on your social profiles (MySpace, Facebook, Hi5). Even if there's no causes you believe in, you can probably promote something that represents that, OR you can make my personal website, a cause worth being contempt for (just joking, partially).

2 If you know multiple languages: You can search Open Source programs and do translations for them. Try these Google searches = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Hopefully that will get you started.

The following three links use theory of the Widsom of Crowds:
3 If you're good at English, you can contribute to the Multilingual Free Dictionary, Wiktionary.org. It's a place where anyone can contribute definitions of words. What users submit here is usually (if not always) reviewed to cut down on bogus submissions.

Related tidbit: The Wiktionary is similar to the UrbanDictionary, except the Wiktionary is a little more serious (or politically correct, which may not be necessarily good, because it limits freedom of speech).

4 If you're good at something, no matter what it is (each of us usually has some type of experience to offer that's different from another persons), then Wikipedia.org is for you. It's one of the worlds most popular sites that's completely user contributed. You can write about anything and help the human race find the best explanation of everything. Content here is also reviewed as it is on Wiktionary.org.

If you want to share a thought, or if you want to share another way to constructively cure boredom, please post a comment sharing what you like!

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